Even with record numbers of absentee ballots being mailed in, thousands of voters will turn out in person next Tuesday. Wisconsin clerks need at least 900 more poll workers for the August 11 Partisan Primary:https://t.co/IdQla9LtDp — Wisconsin Elections (@WI_Elections) August 4, 2020 The Wisconsin Elections Commission has been surveying municipal clerks for the past month about their poll worker needs. Currently, and has identified serious or critical shortages of 938 poll workers in … [Read More...]
Evers says no ‘secret plan’ to order K-12 schools to close
Does Governor Tony Evers have a plan, to close all of Wisconsin's K-12 schools this fall? Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald believes he may. Fitzgerald told WISN Radio in Milwaukee this week that Republicans are much more concerned about how the governor is using his emergency powers, than the mask requirement he put in place last week. Not so, says the governor. "I have no secret plan as he suggested," Evers said during a media conference call on Tuesday. "I've spent a lot of time … [Read More...]
Evers says most are masking up, despite non-enforcement by many sheriffs
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers believes a majority of Wisconsin residents are willingly complying with his statewide mask mandate to slow spread of COVID-19. As for those who won't: "We've had a leader in Washington D-C who has . . . flipped flopped on this issue, and as a result of that there is some disconcerting differences of a opinion." President Donald Trump, while seldom seen wearing one, has called mask usage "patriotic." The Trump campaign is also now asking his supporters to wear … [Read More...]
Tuesday COVID-19 numbers: 4% positive test rate, deaths reach 961
Covid-19 is now confirmed to have infected more than 56,000 Wisconsinites, and continues to kill people. The state Department of Health Services reported Tuesday that there are now 56,056 confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 728 people since Monday. Those 728 cases out of more than 17,000 tests represent a positive test rate of 4 percent. Today's #COVID19_WI update includes another 12 deaths. Our sympathies go out to those families. You'll also notice recoveries are now at 81%. See … [Read More...]
Election Commission expects record absentee balloting
All signs are pointing to a record absentee voter turn-out in Wisconsin this year. The Wisconsin Elections Commission reports more than 300,000 voters have returned absentee ballots for next week's primary election. More than 330,000 voters statewide have already returned their absentee ballots for the August 11 Partisan Primary, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.https://t.co/pcMBgGdrF9 — Wisconsin Elections (@WI_Elections) August 3, 2020 That's three times as many … [Read More...]
Politics & Government
Hundreds of poll workers needed for August 11
Even with record numbers of absentee ballots being mailed in, thousands of voters will turn out in person next Tuesday. Wisconsin clerks need at least 900 more poll workers for the August 11 Partisan Primary:https://t.co/IdQla9LtDp — Wisconsin Elections (@WI_Elections) August 4, 2020 The Wisconsin Elections Commission has been surveying municipal clerks for the past month […]
Crime & Courts
Two arrested for OWI after weekend boat crash on Lake Butte Des Morts
A boat collision that sent eight people into the water near Lake Butte Des Morts over the weekend resulted in no serious injuries – and two being arrested for OWI. Winnebago County Sheriff’s Patrol Captain Greg Ciancolo says alcohol wasn’t the only factor. “Both boats in this scenario did have legal lighting on them, but […]
Titletown Report
Former Packer, Robbins died at 62 from COVID-19
Former Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Tootie Robbins passed away from COVID-19 complications on Sunday. He was 62-years-old. Robbins spent two seasons as the right tackle for the Packers under coach Mike Holmgren. He was one of general manager Ron Wolf’s first free agent signings when he first took over in Green Bay. Robbins started […]
Sports
Waupaca native to make Major League umpiring debut this weekend (AUDIO)
It can take eight to ten years for an aspiring professional umpire to make it to the big leagues. So things are right on time for 29-year-old Waupaca, Wisconsin native Nathan (Nate) Tomlinson. After graduating from Waupaca High School in 2009, Tomlinson went right to professional umpires school in Florida. That is when the long […]